- Date
- November 12, 1984, 16:54 local (21:54 UTC)
- Place
- Charleston, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4773SCessna 182RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841112063479A
- Case key
- 6707
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Pilot landed the aircraft with the landing gear in the up position. Examination of the landing gear after the accident revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunction or failure that would have prevented normal gear operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4773S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18201423
- Airframe hours
- 860
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- A. Gray Whaley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Andrews, SC
- Destination
- Charleston, SC
- Airport
- CHS · Charleston, runway 3, 7,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 728 total · 303 in this make and model · 728 as pilot in command · 147 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CSA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4773S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.